Overview

• Operation Narnia successfully targeted ten Iranian nuclear scientists in their homes while they were sleeping.
• Israel Defence Forces credit the Intelligence Directorate for pinpointing high-value targets and say a special weapon was used in the operation.
• The eliminated scientists possessed expertise in fields ranging from reactor physics to materials engineering and were considered difficult to replace.
• Several victims were direct successors to Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the late architect of Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
• Operation Narnia follows Operation Rising Lion as part of Israel’s broader campaign to disrupt Iran’s nuclear capabilities.